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William Smith Jr. letters and documents
- Title
- William Smith Jr. letters and documents, 1772-1775.
- Author
- Smith, William, 1728-1793
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 15660 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder).
- Summary
- William Smith Jr. (1728-1793), an American Loyalist of New York and Quebec, was a prominent jurist, statesman, journalist and historian. The collection comprises Smith's autograph letter signed to Sir William Johnson concerning land holdings of the late Sir Henry Moore, 1772 May 22; his autograph letter signed to Mr. [Oliver] Templeton discussing the case of the schooner Isabella, 1775 February 17; a signed legal opinion on the will of Andries Stockholm, 1773 September 5; and an autograph draft dissent on a bill before the Provincial Council concerning non-resident electors, signed and undated.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Legal documents.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Funding (note)
- Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection, and by Frank Veeder, 1969.
- Processing Action (note)
- Letters dated 1772 and 1775 were transferred from the George Peabody Wetmore papers relating to William Smith, Jr.
- Call Number
- MssCol 15660
- OCLC
- 986800009
- Author
- Smith, William, 1728-1793, creator.
- Title
- William Smith Jr. letters and documents, 1772-1775.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Funding
- Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection, and by Frank Veeder, 1969.
- Processing Action
- Letters dated 1772 and 1775 were transferred from the George Peabody Wetmore papers relating to William Smith, Jr.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Lawyers.
- Added Author
- Johnson, William, 1715-1774, Correspondent.Templeton, Oliver, Correspondent.Ford collection.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 15660